The Imamiyya and many of the Zaydiyya agree on that the ones who preceded over Amir al-Mu’mineen عليه السلام were astray (dalal), immoral (fasiqun) and that by their delaying of Amir al-Mu’mineen عليه السلام from the position of the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه و آله they were disobedient, wrongdoers, and eternally in the Fire for their wrongdoing (zhulm, or: oppression).

And the Mu`tazila, the Khawarij, a group of the Zaydiyya, the Murji’a, and the Hashawiyya concur in opposition to that and profess the walayat of the group and claim that they did not push back a right of Amir al-Mu’mineen عليه السلام and that they are the people of bliss (i.e. of Heaven), except for the Khawarij and all of the Zaydiyya for they disassociate (do bara’at) from `Uthman specifically, and claim that he is eternally in Hell by his innovations in the religion, not due to his preceding over Amir al-Mu’mineen عليه السلام.